…s don’t even get investigated. This will give them set them apart from the rule of law in ways that don’t apply to police or even to soldiers on the battlefield. On a final note, we (at NDY) are grateful to Ford for speaking out on the racist aspects of the handling of the Katrina cases. We can’t help but wonder, though, if being both Black and disabled (as the Katrina hospital victims were) or both Latino and disabled (as Ruben Navarro was) incre…
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…e on innumerable radio and television broadcasts including: The Jim Lehrer News Hour, Talk of the Nation, Nightline, All Things Considered (NPR), 60 Minutes and many others. Most importantly, from a disability community perspective, we recommend that a qualified disability rights advocate be added to the Committee. While the relevance of this may not be immediately obvious, the factors impacting people with life threatening health conditions very…
…medical conditions. It’s hard to believe anyone could be surprised by the news of this latest effort to expand the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands. For the sake of brevity, one might compare Dutch euthanasia practices to a highway system. In this system, drivers are responsible for monitoring their own speed. As long as they tell officials how fast they’re driving, the authorities generally won’t issue tickets for speeding. Here’s the h…
…tie McCarron, Charles-Antoine Blais, real children, real people. Speaking Truth to Power – by ABFH Mike Stanton – For Mike and Katie McCarron Katie McCarron, by Jessica Hayes, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator, Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois (July-August 2006 CCDI Newsletter) Also visit these links: Mercy! Here We Go Again! Carol Carr shoots her two sons to death — they have Huntington’s disease and Atlanta media report…
